The Emerging Evidence of the Parkinson Pandemic

• Published in: Journal of Parkinson's disease Vol. 8; no. s1; pp. S3 - S8
• Main Authors: Dorsey, E. Ray, Sherer, Todd, Okun, Michael S., Bloem, Bastiaan R.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: London, England SAGE Publications 01.01.2018; Sage Publications Ltd; IOS Press
• Subjects: Aging; Demography; Industrial development; Movement disorders; Neurodegenerative diseases; Neurological diseases; Pandemics; Parkinson's disease; Review; Smoking; epidemiology; demography; pesticides; survival; smoking; Parkinson disease; solvents; aging

Neurological disorders are now the leading source of disability globally, and the fastest growing neurological disorder in the world is Parkinson disease. From 1990 to 2015, the number of people with Parkinson disease doubled to over 6 million. Driven principally by aging, this number is projected t...